Hedrick Smith has written a timely sequel to his classic best seller "The Power Game: How Washington Works." His new work, titled "Who Stole the American Dream?" steps back from the partisan fever of the 2012 campaign to explain how we got to where we are today.

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VERO BEACH - Hedrick Smith, a Pulitzer-Prize winning Correspondent, Producer and Author, will be speaking at the Emerson Center on February 6 at 7 pm. Hedrick first spoke at the Emerson Center in 2010 as the Executive Producer of Poisoned Waters, a probing two-hour report on PBS Frontline that examined America's track record on cleaning up its waterways.

Smith has written a timely sequel to his classic best seller "The Power Game: How Washington Works." His new work, titled "Who Stole the American Dream?" steps back from the partisan fever of the 2012 campaign to explain how we got to where we are today - how America moved from an era of middle class prosperity and power, effective bipartisanship and grass roots activism to today's polarized gridlock, unequal democracy and an even more unequal economy that has unraveled the American Dream for millions of middle class families. Random House calls Smith's book "an extraordinary achievement" and Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch hails it as "illuminating…essential reading" – especially in this political year.

Born in Scotland and educated at Oxford, Smith won the Pulitzer Prize for his work as a reporter and editor for The New York Times, (the prize singled out his role in the publication of the Pentagon Papers) and an Emmy Award -winning producer/correspondent during his 20-plus years with PBS on Frontline, and Washington Week in Review.

One of America's most distinguished journalists, he has covered Washington and world capitals for The New York Times, has authored several best-selling books and created 20 award-winning PBS prime-time specials and mini-series on Washington's power game, Soviet Perestroika, the global economy, education reform, health care, teen violence, terrorism and Wall Street. His Frontline productions indicate his wide-ranging interests and expertise.

Advance tickets of $25 may be purchased online at www.TheEmersonCenter.org, or by calling the Box Office at 772-778-5249. Tickets at the door are an additional $5.

The Emerson Center, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach, is conveniently located at 1590 27th Avenue, on the SE corner of 16th Street and 27th Avenue and has more than 300 parking spaces, an auditorium that seats over 800 people in comfortable padded seating, a raised stage that offers everyone unrestricted views, and professional state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems.

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